We're following up on the last episode of Swamp Stories by taking a deeper dive into the world of "dark money" and examining a once rare strategy that's used to funnel this unaccountable cash through 501(c)(4)s and into the hands of super PACs — all while keeping the identities of the original donors in the shadows.

 With the help of his guests, Weston shines a light on how this strategy works and explores legislative steps that Congress could take to make dark money less secretive.

Released on April 9, 2021

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• OpenSecrets: ‘Dark money’ topped $1 billion in 2020, largely boosting Democrats (March 2021)

• Issue One Report: In 2018, liberal dark money groups outspent conservative counterparts for first time since Citizens United (January 2019)

• Issue One Report: Dark Money Illuminated (September 2018)

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